only by virtue of the petroleum reserve being created during that time, as your wiki citation states. the wrongdoing was in the early 1920's with Fall and Denby.
On Feb 12, 2006, at 10:42 AM, [email protected] wrote: > as I said, the impetus of the scandal began during the previous 3 > administrations > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal > > Pay particular attention to the opening sentence of the > Background.............. > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "estott" <[email protected]> > >> Actually the country did quite well under the Taft administration. >> He let >> his conservative ideas get in the way a bit, and the Tariff act >> looks bad >> nowadays but was very popular at the time. (He was a better >> president than >> Wilson, who was an intelligent man who should have remained in the >> acedemic >> community instead of entering politics.) His administration didn't >> originate the Teapot Dome Scandal- Roosevelt and Taft just created >> the naval >> petroleum reserves of which Teapot Dome was just one. The scandal >> only got >> underway in 1921-22 at which time Roosevelt had been dead three >> years and >> Taft was a supreme court justice. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Idelia SOLD >> >> >>> >>> Um.........if you check your history, the scandal began with >>> Roosevelt & >>> Taft. >>> -------------- Original message -------------- >>> From: Peter Fraser >>> >>>> that was Harding! altho Taft was no prize, either. >>>> >>>> On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jeeze, I hope it wasn't part of Teapot Dome >>>>> Scandal................. >>>>> >>>>> Bill >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
